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Chronicles the life of Chris Guthrie from farm girl to minister's wife to schoolteacher in Aberdeen. The dilemma Chris faces over whether to continue her education or commit to a life in the land is also featured. "Indian Sunset" is a 1971 song, written and recorded by Elton John, with lyrics by his long-time songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. TV Mini-series, Drama. Sunset Song. Jean Guthrie. Rated the #133 best film of 2015, and #8185 in the greatest all-time movies (according to RYM users). Adapted from the 1932 novel of Lewis Grassic Gibbon and set in Scotland in the early 1900s, the film is more than a song of sunset, it is a symphony of the fields and lakes and distant mountains of Aberdeenshire and a young … Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon: Starring: Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie: Music by: Gast Waltzing: Cinematography: Michael McDonough: Edited by: David Charap Young Chris Guthrie grows up in a farming community in Scotland at the turn of the 20th century. ©2021 British Film Institute. Spanning the 1910 decade, six years in the life of a girl named Chris, one of the numerous children of a tyrannical Scottish farmer. Sunset Song Review Rural Scotland, the start of the 20th century. It is a powerful description of life in the first few decades of the century through the evocation of change and the lyrical intensity of its prose. Starring: Peter Mullan, Agyness Deyn, Kevin Guthrie. James Grant Cast. It is the first part of the trilogy A Scots Quair. as Chae Strachan. Serial adaptation of the novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Action Drama. Sunset Song review.Terence Davies's long-cherished adaptation of a classic Scottish novel, starring Agnes Deyn and Peter Mullan, strains too hard to succeed. Sunset is a 1988 American crime mystery Western film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis as Western actor Tom Mix, who teams up with lawman Wyatt Earp, portrayed for the second time in a theatrical film by James Garner. Ewan dies in the war; and Chris subsequently hears from Chae Strachan, who is home on leave, that Ewan was shot as a deserter but that he died thinking of her. On her wedding night, Chris performs a keening rendition of Flowers of the Forest, the music of which is woven into the very fabric of Grassic Gibbon’s text. The novel was also the inspiration for the Richard Thompson song "Poor Ditching Boy" on his 1972 album Henry the Human Fly. Cast & Crew Agyness Deyn Chris Guthrie Peter Mullan John Guthrie Registered charity 287780. Later, Ewan (Kevin Guthrie) … Will and his father have a stormy relationship; and Will emigrates to Argentina with his young bride, Mollie Douglas. He dies shortly afterwards. Bill Craig Screenplay. There are also a number of adaptations for the stage. Directed by: Terence Davies. It consists of three novels: Sunset Song (1932), Cloud Howe (1933), and Grey Granite (1934). The theme of the onset of modernisation and the end of old ways is explored using many symbols, for example, violent deaths of horses (supposed to represent old, traditional farming methods) and the appearance of motorised cars representing new technologies which brush the people of the land from the road. Sort by: Moira Armstrong Director. Chris Guthrie (Agyness Deyn) dreams of becoming a teacher but is held back by a … Sunset Song (2015) Cast. Synopsis. Sunset Song. United Kingdom, 1971. Vivien Heilbron Cast. Jack Webster, the Scottish writer and journalist, wrote a play based on the novel and Lewis Grassic Gibbon's life which toured Scotland in 2008. The series was the first colour drama made by BBC Scotland and also contained the first nude scene. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Sunset Boulevard [Original London Cast] - Andrew Lloyd Webber on AllMusic - 1993 - Following the relatively intimate and… The central character is a young woman, Chris Guthrie, growing up in a farming family in the fictional parish of Kinraddie in the Mearns at the start of the 20th century. Cast Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie Ken Blackburn Mark Bonnar Stuart Bowman Emily-Jane Boyle Ewan Comes Maelly Comes Ann Overstall Comfort Callum Davies Ron Donachie Tom Duncan David Ganly Niall Greig Fulton Caelan Fyfe Jack Greenlees Gav Guilfoyle Linda Duncan McLaughlin Louise Haggerty Luca Humphries Claire Johnston Gilbert Johnston Bridget McCann Jamie Michie John … By some readings Chris is "Chris Caledonia", an allegorical figure for Scotland itself. Will Guthrie. [3], This article is about the novel. Victor Carin Cast. Lewis Grassic Gibbon Novel. One of the best known is by Alastair Cording. Vivien Heilbron. When he comes home on leave, he treats Chris badly, evidently brutalised by his experiences in the army. It is widely regarded as one of the most important Scottish novels of the 20th century. The Sun sets to the Flowers of the Forest, bringing an end to their way of life, forever. as John Guthrie. Young Chris Guthrie grows up in a farming community in Scotland at the turn of the 20th century. Taupin was inspired to write the lyrics after visiting a Native American reservation. The novel is written in an essentially artificial form of Scots intended to capture the colloquial speech of The Mearns peasants without being inaccessible to English speakers. All rights reserved. A car load of girls meets a car load of boys and Ching and Paul ultimately fall in love. Sunset Song (TV Mini-Series 1971– ) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb 3/5 stars Get more information about Sunset Song (2015) on IMDb Genres & Description. Chris is left to do all the work around the house. Instead, she marries a young farmer called Ewan Tavendale and carries on farming. Film lists and highlights from BFI Player. Two younger children go to live with their aunt and uncle in Aberdeen, leaving Chris, her older brother Will, and her father to run the farm on their own. It was from John's album Madman Across the Water.The song chronicles the story of an unnamed American Indian warrior on the verge of defeat from the white man. Members of the Sunset Song cast from the 2015 remake. Ron Donachie . In SUNSET SONG, Chris (Agyness Deyn) has spent her entire life on the family farm in rural Scotland, with a tyrannical father, a meek mother, and a brother who leaves as soon as he's able. Moira Armstrong. It was shown in the USA on Masterpiece Theatre in 1975–76. For a time, he tries to persuade her to commit incest with him; but, as he is badly hurt, he is not able to force her. Heilbron’s own copy of the novel is understandably dog-eared after decades of her dipping in and … [2] In 2015, English filmmaker Terence Davies and producer Bob Last released an adaptation of the book , titled Sunset Song , starring Agyness Deyn and Peter Mullan . Cast. "Sunset Song" is a testament to Scotland's agricultural past, to the world of crofters and tradition which was destroyed in the First World War. The novel was also the inspiration for the Richard Thompson song "Poor Ditching Boy" on his 1972 album Henry the Human Fly. Based on an unpublished novel by Rod Amateau, the plot has Mix and Earp team up to solve a murder in Hollywood in 1929. Chris Guthrie's mother, broken by repeated childbirths and learning she is again pregnant, kills her baby twins and herself. Ian Pirie . Paul Young. "Sunset Song," about a rural Scottish girl growing to womanhood in the years before World War I, is one of the great director Terence Davies' best films: an example of old school and new school mentalities coming together to create a challenging and unique experience. Edith MacArthur This advice is not lost on Chris Guthrie (Agyness Deyn, "Clash of the Titans"), a young woman coming of age in Terence Davies' ("The Deep Blue Sea") Sunset Song. as Chris Guthrie. Agyness Deyn . The series made the important change from the book of turning Chris into the narrator; Chris was played by Vivien Heilbron. For a time, they are happily married, and they have a son, whom they also call Ewan. Life is hard, and her family is dysfunctional. Sunset Song. Sunset Song is a 1932 novel by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Teenage heart throbs Ching Li and Paul Chin Pei come across like Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in the musical Sunset, a musical romp that plays similar to one of Hollywood's famous "Beach Party" movies. Paul Young. Having retired from a life of gunfights and peacekeeping, the great Wyatt Earp (James Garner) has landed a job as adviser to a Western movie about himself. John Guthrie. The novel touches on several issues; the distinctive, not always positive character, of small rural communities in the North East of Scotland, the role of women, and the "peasant crisis" i.e. A Scots Quair is a trilogy by the Scottish writer Lewis Grassic Gibbon, describing the life of Chris Guthrie, a woman from the north-east of Scotland during the early 20th century.. Find out about international touring programmes, BFI Film Academy: opportunities for young creatives, Get funding to progress my creative career, Search the BFI National Archive collections, Read research data and market intelligence, Search for projects funded by National Lottery, Apply for British certification and tax relief, Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about NETWORK, Find out about booking film programmes internationally, Vivien Heilbron It's a miserable life for Chris, and it gets even worse when one parent suddenly dies, and the other becomes an invalid. Andrew Keir Cast. Synopsis. Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. 6.4 / 10. Chris, who has had some education, considers leaving for a job as a teacher in the towns, but realises she loves the land and cannot leave it. Peter Mullan . Edith MacArthur. as Uncle Tam. [2], In 2015, English filmmaker Terence Davies and producer Bob Last released an adaptation of the book, titled Sunset Song, starring Agyness Deyn and Peter Mullan. [1], When it was first published, some readers were shocked by its realistic treatment of sex and childbirth, and its sometimes negative portrayals of family life. 270. Soon after this, her father suffers a stroke, leaving him bedridden. She begins a relationship with the new minister, and she watches as he dedicates the War Memorial at the Standing Stones above her home. Derek Anders Cast. The movie feels as if it could have been made in the 1940s, were there no such thing as censorship. The composer Thomas Wilson was commissioned to write the theme music, which the BBC retained for the remaining two parts of the trilogy, commissioning Wilson again to compose the incidental music for the remaining productions of Cloud Howe and Grey Granite. The title of the novel is a direct reference to the theme of the sunset of the old ways and traditions. At his funeral, Chris realises what happened to her father and breaks down in tears as she never knew the hardship he has endured for them. Genres: Period Drama, Melodrama, War. In 1971 BBC Scotland made an adaptation of the book for television. There have been several adaptations, including a 1971 television series by BBC Scotland, a 2015 film version, and some stage versions. Cast & Crew. Directed by. However, when World War I breaks out, Ewan Sr. and many other young men join up. Chris Guthrie. 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